| Debreceni Virágkarnevál & Hortobágyer Brückenmarkt & Hortobágyer Reitertage | |
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Location: Debrecen | Hungary |
| Every year on the 20th August, in celebration of the national holiday, the flower carnival takes place. This event is considered unique in Europe due to the variety of flower compositions. Several mil.....
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| Jarmark Sw. Dominika | |
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Location: Danzig/ Gdansk | Poland Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| “Risen from the ruins”. This statement certainly rings true for Danzig. The Hanseatic town on the Baltic Sea is a perfect example of the Polish art of restoration, the art of rebuilding a whole town o.....
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| La Grande Braderie de Lille | |
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Location: Lille | France Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| The traditional “Braderie de Lille” is the biggest flea market in Europe. A paradise for bargain hunters and all those that aspire to become one. It goes alone that haggling is obligatory. Although th.....
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| Düsseldorf Kirmes | |
| Location: Düsseldorf | Germany Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
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| Once again this year the “Größte Kirmes am Rhein”, ‘The biggest fair along the Rhine’, will take place in Düsseldorf. Around the day of the town’s patron saint, St. Apollinaris, the St. Sebastian Rifl.....
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| Hannoveraner Schützenfest | |
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Location: Hanover/ Hannover | Germany Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| The history of this biggest shooting festival worldwide goes back about 500 years. One of the highlights is the Shooters’ March, which, like the shooting festival itself, has a long tradition. Once ag.....
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| Cannstatter Volksfest | |
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Location: Stuttgart | Germany Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| When the Mayor of Stuttgart taps the first beer butt on the Cannstatter Wasen (Cannstatt Fields), and the obligatory fireworks over Stuttgart's blue sky joyfully declare the Cannstatt Folk Festival op.....
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| Gäubodenvolksfest | |
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Location: Straubing | Germany Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| Since 1812, the “Gäuboden Folk Festival” has revived the famous “Gaudikarussel der Lebensfreude” (“happy carousel of joie de vivre”). At the same time, the annual Eastern Bavarian consumer show takes .....
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| Münchner Oktoberfest | |
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Location: Munich/ München | Germany Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| Once a year the Therese fields are transformed into the biggest amusement park in the world. For fourteen days the “Wiesn”, as the inhabitants of Munich call it, turns the town upside down and the fes.....
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"As a European I welcome the publication of this Top 500 Events guide. It's really much more. It's an encyclopaedia of regional traditions and customs in Europe , and a valuable journey planner for every European citizen. It will be my vademecum on trips throughout Europe in future.
I hope that you too will derive plenty of enjoyment from the guide, and that it will help to bring Europe still a little closer together."
Jacques Santer
Former Prime Minister of Luxemburg
Former President of the European Commission
